EXAMINATION QUESTIONS ON PERIOD V

1. What were the results to France of her defeat in 1870-71 ? (LM '25.)
2. Describe the establishment of the Third Republic in France, 1871-78.
(LGS '24, OL '29, LGS '31, oc '30.)
3. Account for the rapid recovery of France after the Franco-German War.
(LM '23,)
4. With what problems was Bismarck faced after 1871 and how did he deal
with them ? (LM '24, '33.)
5. What was the form of government in pre-War Germany, and why did it
take that form ? (CL '32.)
6. Give an account of the domestic policy of Bismarck after 1870.
(LM '25, '31, CL '34.)
7. What led to the establishment of the Triple Alliance in 1882 ? How do
you account for its continued existence until 1914 ? (LGS '25.)
8. What do you mean by " The Eastern Question " ? Show how it affected
the relations of the Great Powers between 1870 and 1914. (LM '31, 34.)
9. Trace the expansion of European power in Africa in the nineteenth
century and show how international relations were affected by it.
(LGS '23, LM '32, '34, CL '30, '34.)
10. What new alliances of the Great Powers were made in 1870-1904 ?
(NUJB '30.)
11. Trace the rise of Socialism during this period. (oc '34, CL '34.)
12. How did the Dual Alliance between France and Russia come about ?
What were its chief aims ? (CL '34.)
13. Examine the good and bad features of the Treaty of Berlin.
(LM '24, CL '33.)
14. How far did the Kingdom of Italy succeed in solving the difficulties it
encountered between 1871 and 1910 ? (LM '25.)
15. Estimate the influence of the Papacy on the history of Europe, 1815-1914.
(LM '25.)
16. Give an outline of the history of Sweden from 1809 to 1905. (LM '23.)
17. Analyse the chief factors which determined the relations of France to
other European Powers between 1871 and 1906. (LM '25.)
18. Compare the foreign policy of Bismarck between 1871 and 1889 with
that of William II between 1889 and 1910. (LGS '25.)
19. Give a brief account of the relations between France and England from
1856 to 1914. (LGS '25, LM '31.)
20. What seem to you the main points of difference between the Europe of
1800 and the Europe of 1900 ? (OL '32.)
21. Sketch the internal history of Russia from 1856 to 1914. (LGS '31.)
22. Describe and account for the reactionary policy of the Czar Alexander III,
1881-1894. t ^ (LGS '24.)
23. Account for the ill-feeling which had developed between Russia and
Austria by 1914. (CL '34.)
24. Describe the relations of England and Russia from 1878 to 1914. (CL '30.)
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